CONTROL FRAME HANDLING BY A PROVIDER BACKBONE BRIDGE - Patent 2103046

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EP 2 103 046 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	30.10.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	23.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/39

(21)	Application number: 07859109.6

(22)	Date of filing: 18.12.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04L 12/46^(2006.01)

H04L 12/56^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IB2007/003992

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/087480 (24.07.2008 Gazette 2008/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

12.01.2007 US 884817 P

(71)	Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
	164 83 Stockholm (SE)

(72)	Inventor:
	SALDSIDIS, Panagiotis S-118 29 Stockholm (SE)

(74)	Representative: Sjöberg, Mats Hakan
	Ericsson AB Torshamnsgatan 23 164 80 Stockholm 164 80 Stockholm (SE)

(54)	CONTROL FRAME HANDLING BY A PROVIDER BACKBONE BRIDGE